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I looovvveee this comic book. It features a mercenary team comprised of four women. Sassy, opinionated, hard partying, ass-kicking women who are heroes when necessary…or when they feel like it…or when the pay is good enough.

Betty, Dee, Hannah & Violet make me the laugh-out-loud-while-reading kind of happy. The Rat Queens by Kurtis J Wiebe & Roc Upchurch is well crafted and endlessly entertaining. I went back to it for a reference while writing this and ended up reading most of “Volume One: Sass and Sorcery” again. Fine, I read all of it and started in on Volume Two before remembering adult responsibilities. In the meantime, I forgot what I’d gone back to look for in the first place. (See, my previous post about my my newly discovered tactic for staying on purpose.)

Wiebe and Upchurch just kept layering on the good stuff with this one. Well-crafted characters are always a soft spot of mine. Give them a great story arc and I’m an immediate fan. Allow those characters to break stereotypical molds, and I’m hooked. Toss in a fun read and a great sense of humor, I’ll never stop reading. I felt like I should be able to include something that wasn’t positively glowing, but even on a second read through, it didn’t happen. (That’s my reason for reading it again! I knew I could find one.)

Did anybody ever watch the Saturday morning cartoon Dungeons & Dragons? I did. I only got to watch a few episodes, because of…well, its a long story (or at least one that has nothing to do with comic books, see look at me, staying on track), but this feels just a touch like that. It carries the qualities that made me look forward to cartoons. Maybe I’m feeling a touch nostalgic, because I’m not saying I watched cartoons where I could actually see entrails of disemboweled enemies…yeah, did I mention this book is not for the kiddies? (No, seriously.) Foul mouthed, funny, recreational drug using, brave, sexy, violent characters in a story in which all of the above takes place…it is great, just NOT for children.

Volume 3 came out on April 19th, and I’ve been looking forward to it for months. I have no idea how I missed it when I was at the comic book store. Does that mean I get to go back? Hooray!

‘Til next time,
Jessica

P.S. Wait, you say? Didn’t she just post that she liked individual issues because of her over scheduled lifestyle? I did, dear friends, but I’m also just particular enough that I need a matching set. Also, I will set aside the time to read this one cover to cover, adult responsibilities be damned…in theory anyway.

About a year ago, I wrote a post about my Comic Book Confusion. Since I was at a loss about which comic books to read and where to start, I decide to ask an expert. I got my opportunity at Wizard World’s Comic Con in Tulsa last month. With so many artists and writers in attendance, and such a great program to choose from, I thought, surely I can get a couple of good recommendations from someone in the industry who should know. Right?

I have a list. Of course, I haven’t been able to read all the way through the list yet, but I’ve gotten enough of a start to be confident I’m going to thoroughly enjoy the rest of it.

Wait? What was that? You want to know what’s on my list? Okay, I’ll share.

The Comic Book To-Read List

Saga by Brian K. Vaughn – Yes, this was already on this list, and along with Sandman by Neil Gaiman provided the basis for the rest of the list…also I’ve been reading all of the other volumes I can get my hand on, and eagerly awaiting the next!

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